# Collaborator review (2026): is it any good? > Marketplace for buying guest posts and sponsored articles Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Collaborator is a marketplace where advertisers buy article placements on websites and ads in Telegram channels, and publishers list their sites for sale. Buyers filter a catalog by topic, country, traffic and SEO metrics, order a placement, and pay from a balance held on the platform. - **Category:** Backlinks & Link Building - **Made by:** Collaborator - **Website:** https://collaborator.pro - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want to see prices before signing up, because the catalog and its prices appear after registration. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Collaborator is free to use. - **Pricing model:** Free - **Free plan:** Signing up is free. Each placement is priced by the publisher and paid from a prepaid balance; the platform takes a commission on deposits and withdrawals. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Advertiser account | $0 | Free to sign up. Placement prices are set per website in the catalog, and the platform charges a 10% commission on deposits to the balance. | Read from https://collaborator.pro/faq on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Collaborator before buying. ## Key features - **Website catalog:** The homepage describes a catalog of more than 45,000 websites with an advanced filter of 70+ parameters, covering topic, geography, monthly traffic and SEO metrics. - **Verified metrics:** The FAQ says site traffic data is verified with Ahrefs, Moz, Majestic, Serpstat and Google Analytics, and the homepage says thousands of sites are verified through Google Search Console. - **Telegram channel ads:** Advertisers can also place posts in Telegram channels, which the homepage puts at more than 3,000 channels. - **Link-removal guarantee:** Placements come with free protection against deletion for 3 months, and an extended guarantee of up to a year can be bought for 10% of the placement price. - **Copywriting option:** Buyers can order an article from a copywriter alongside the placement or submit their own text. - **Reviews and dispute handling:** Advertisers and publishers review each other's work, and an arbitration system handles disputes while funds are held during the deal. ## Good for - Buying guest posts and sponsored articles without writing outreach emails - Teams that want to compare sites by traffic and SEO metrics before paying - Publishers who want to sell article placements on their own sites ## Worth knowing - Collaborator says it charges a 10% commission on deposits and 15% on withdrawals. - Prices are set per placement by each publisher; the full catalog and its prices are visible only after signing up. - An account's currency (USD, EUR, GBP or UAH) is chosen at registration and cannot be changed later. - Accounts with no activity for 365 days are marked inactive and a maintenance fee starts. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Collaborator is a marketplace where you pick a site from a catalog and buy an article placement from it. Sign-up is free, but every placement costs money and the platform takes a commission on deposits and withdrawals. You only see the full catalog and its prices after signing up. - **Value for money: C.** No subscription. Each placement is priced by the publisher, and there is a 10% commission on deposits. This category's middle subscription is $49 a month, but a placement is a different kind of cost. - **Free plan and trial: F.** Signing up is free, but nothing else is: each placement is paid from a prepaid balance. - **Features: C.** A catalog of 45,000+ sites with 70+ filters, verified traffic data, Telegram ads and a three-month link guarantee. It sells placements only; it does not find or vet prospects for you. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You deposit funds, filter the catalog and brief each order, which has some learning curve. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, with no API or integrations in its listing. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Collaborator's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among link building tools - Collaborator's GPA of 1.6 is higher than 2 of the 53 other link building tools we grade, and level with 1. - It stands best on value for money (C, above 8 of 53) and worst on free plan and trial (F, above 0). - Collaborator has no paid plan. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. Nothing scores higher for less, though at least one tool matches that score at a lower price. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/link-building ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** Collaborator is free, so making your own would save you nothing. And it is not the kind of software a weekend replaces. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 50 of the 53 other link building tools grade higher. - You could make: Link outreach and long-form writing: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** Link outreach, Long-form writing ## Alternatives - [BuzzStream](https://toolgpa.com/tools/buzzstream): Outreach CRM for link building and digital PR. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/buzzstream-vs-collaborator) - [Pitchbox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pitchbox): Outreach platform for link building and digital PR teams. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/collaborator-vs-pitchbox) - [GuestPostCRM](https://toolgpa.com/tools/guestpostcrm): CRM for guest post sellers and buyers that runs from your Gmail inbox. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/collaborator-vs-guestpostcrm) - [LinkHunter](https://toolgpa.com/tools/linkhunter): Link prospecting and email outreach in one tool. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/collaborator-vs-linkhunter) - [Qwoted](https://toolgpa.com/tools/qwoted): Marketplace where reporters request expert sources and PRs pitch. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/collaborator-vs-qwoted) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://collaborator.pro - https://collaborator.pro/faq Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/collaborator Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).